Title of Project: Creative, Inventive and Notable People

Grade Level or Subject:3rd Grade Langauge Arts and Social Studies

Curriculum Framing Questions:

Essential: How do people change the world?
Unit:
  • What does it take to change the world?
  • How does art reflect or change society?
  • What impact have important historical figures made on our lives today?
  • How can ordinary people make changes in our lives and world?

Content:
  • How did Gertrude Ederle and Wilma Rudolph pave the way for today's female athletes?
  • How did the main character in Rocks in His Head change his own life?
  • How can use inspiration from important historical figures to make changes in our own lives and communities?

Proposed Project:

  • Popplet.com presentation on three important figures - one creative (musical, artistic or literary), inventive (scientists), and notable (historical and/or political) along with a
Teacher example:
http://popplet.com/app/#/641368
Popplet rubric:

  • Report folder on an important figure from African American history
  • Student autobiography featuring accomplishments and goals for the future